Vise



2 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 12, 1931. H. w. STEIGER VISE Filed June 24, 1950M39 1931. H. w. STEIGER 1,804,652

VISE

Filed June 24, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ah M WM Plum we i Patented May12,1931

PATENT OFFICE HOWARD W. STEIGER, OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO VISE Applicationfiled .Tune 24, 1930. Serial No. 463,399.

This invention relates to a vise and has for its principal object toprovide such an implement which shall be capable of ready and rapidadjustment to different uses and positions and which will becomparatively simple in construction while embodying various featuresmaking for durability, cheapness and strength. A further and morelimited object is to provide a vise having a fixed base member and amovable base member with which one jaw is integral and which is providedwith an opening through which an'elongated shank portion of a slidingjaw may extend and embodying an improved guide and stop mechanism, animproved means for anchoring the movable portion at any position ofrotation, an improved lubricating mechanisin, and superior clampingfeatures. Other objects will become apparent from the fol 2 lowingdescription when taken in connection with the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a central vertical section taken through my improved device;Fig. 2 is a section on line- 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a fragmentarysection corresponding to a portion of the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is asection on line 4.-'1 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view of aportion of the sliding jaw member; and Fig. 6 is a fragmentary bottomplan view of the upper portion of the jaw member 18 showing themutilated threads.

In the drawings I have shown one embodiment of my invention. The upperportions of the vise are mounted on a fixed base mem ber 10 secured toany suitable support 11 as by bolts 12. This base member includes afiange 13 for attachment tothe surface 11 and a body portion providedwith a central opening 14: and an annular upwardly converging open topgroove '15 concentriowith the opening 14. Thegroove 15 is provided withanopening 16 through the bottom thereof for the reception of thepyramidal head 17 of afbolt 17. Rotatably mounted on the fixed base 10is a: jaw portion 18 which includes the jaw 18 and a base portion 18which may be either integral'with the jaw portion 18 as shown, orfixedly attached thereto in any suitable manner. The base portions18 isprovided with a downwardly extending boss 19 which is centrally drilledand tapped to receive a stud 20 which by means of the washer 21 firmlysecures the same to the fixed base 10. A socket'22 is provided in thebase 18 to receive a portion of an angular guide and stop means 23. Themember 23 extends through an opening in the base 18 and the socket 22communicates with said opening and receives the horizontally extendingportion 23 of the guide and stop means 23. A supporting extension 24 isprovided integral with the portion 18 to serve as auxiliary supportingmeans for the elon gated shank portion of the sliding jaw. Extendingthrough the jaw member 18 is a large elongated opening the upper portionof which is provided with a mutilated thread, 25. An opening 26 isprovided for the introduction oflubricant and may be of any approvedtype, such as that shown. at 27 being a valved nipple of the typegenerally used for lubricating automobiles.

Extending through the opening in the jaw member 18 is the elongatedshank portion31 of a sliding jaw 30. The sliding jaw 30" is providedwith an upwardly opening lubri' cation chamber 32 and a downwardlyopening groove or hollow interior 33. The chamber 32 is defined byvertical walls 34,. and a clamping shaft 35 is journalled longitudinallyof the shank portion 31 and extends I through the end walls 34% of thechamber 32 andhas a niultilated screw 32 non-rotatably secured thereonin the chamber 32.- The shaft 35 extends through the chamber 33 and atone end is jointed to a cylindrical member 36 which is secured theretoby meansof a pin 37-extending outside the member 36 and beingpositionable underneath an annular overhang-flange' 38 which is providedwith an integral stop portion 39.

The bolt 17 cooperates-at its upper end with a nut 17* which is providedwith an operating handle 17 extending therethrough. It willbe obviousthat the movable portion of the vise may be rotated about the axis ofthe stud 20 when the handle 17 is rotated to relax the clampingcooperation between the fixed base 10 and the jaw portion. 18through theaction of thebolt 17% The angle member 23 I will serve to limit themovement of the sliding body by contacting with the end walls of thegroove 33, while serving an auxiliary guiding function by co-acting withthe edges 31 of the elongated shank portion 81, as best seen in Fig. 2.The multilated screw 32 is secured to the clamping shaft 35 by means ofa screw 32 and pins 32, if desired.

From the foregoing it will be evident that I provide a device which iswell adapted for its intended purpose, and while I have shown anddescribed a preferred embodiment, I wish it understood that my inventionis susceptible of other embodiments and that I am limited only inaccordance with the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a vise, a fixed base member, a movable base member rotatablyconnected to said fixed base member, a jaw member fixed to saic movablebase member, an opening between said baseand jaw, a. sliding jaw memberhaving an elongated shank extending into said opening and provided witha groove in the bottom surface thereof, and a combined guide and stopmember extending through said movable base member within the limits ofsaid fixed base-.member and into said groove, and adapted to rest onsaid fixed base member.

2. In a vise, a fixed base member, a movable base-member rotatablyconnected to said fixed base member, a jaw member fixed to said movablebase member, an opening betweensaid base and jaw, a sliding jaw memberhaving an elongated shank extending into said opening and provided witha groove in the bottom surface thereof, and a combined guide and stopmember extending through said movable base member within the limits ofsaid fixed base member and into said groove, and adapted to rest on saidfixed base member, said guide member comprising an angle member and saidjaw having a socket receiving a portion of said guide member.

3. In a vise, a fixed base member, a movable base member rotatablyconnected to said fixed base member, a aw member fixed to said .movablebase member, an opening between said base and aw, a sliding aw memberhaving an elongated shank extending into said opening and provided withagroove in the bottom surface thereof, and a combined guide and stopmember extending through said movable base member within the limits ofsaid fixed base member and into said groove, and adapted to rest on saidfixed base member, said'guide member comprising an angle member and saidmovable base having a socket receiving a portion of said guide member.

4. In a vise, a fixed base member, a movable base member rotatablyconnected to said fixed base member, a jaw member fixed to said movablebase member, an opening between said base and jaw, a sliding jaw memberhaving an elongated shank extending into said opening and provided witha groove in the bottom surface thereof, and a combined guide and stopmember extending through said movable base member within the limits ofsaid fixed base member and into said groove, and adapted to rest on saidfixed base member, said guide member comprising an angle member and saidmovable base having a socket receiving a portion of said guide member,and there being an extension on said movable base member adjacent saidguide and stop member adapted to serve as a support for said sliding jawmember.

5. In a vise, as a sub-combination, a sliding jaw member including a awportion and an elongated shank portion, said shankportion having nearthe end thereof remote from said jaw portion an upwardly openingchamber, a clamping shaft passing longitudinally through said shankportion extending through said chamber, and a mutilated screwnon-rotatably securedon said shaft in said chamber.

6. In a vise, as a sub-combination, a sliding jaw member including a jawportion and an elongated shank portion, said shank portion having nearthe end thereof remote from said jaw portion an upwardly openingchamber, a clamping shaft passing longitudinally through said shankportion extending through said chamber, and a mutilated screwnon-rotatably secured on said shaft in said chamber, the bottom and sidewalls of said chamber being imperforate except for the openings throughwhich said shaft extends whereby to serve as a lubricant containingchamber.

7. In a vise, as a sub-combination, a sliding jaw member including a awportion and an elongated shank-portion, said shank portion having nearthe end thereof remote from said jaw portion an upwardly openingchamber, a clamping shaftpassing longitudinally through said shankportion extending through said chamber, and a mutilated screwnon-rotatably secured on said shaft in said chamber, said shank having agroove in the bottom thereof extending between said jaw portion and saidchamber, the end walls of said groove serving as stops to limit theexcursion of said sliding jaw member.

8. In avise, as a sub-combination, a sliding jaw member, a clampingshaft journaled in said jawmember, a pinuextending through said shaftand therebeyond, an annular, overhang-flange concentric with said shaft,the end of said pin extending under said overhang-flange, and a stopintegral with said flange and in the path of said pin.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aifix my signature. I

HOWARD W. STEIGER.

